Apart — Kevin at the garden, Jenny at the keeper's cottage

Midday meal and supply boat watch

Kevin is at the garden splitting spruce rounds for firewood; Jenny is at the cottage preparing a midday meal and monitoring the radio for the Maru's approach.

Kevin split the second spruce round and began hauling quarters toward the north ridge in the wheelbarrow. Jenny applied marine sealant to the generator fuel line's hairline split at the tank bracket and stirred limpet broth while monitoring her ankle wound.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the garden

You stand over the three spruce rounds on the garden path, maul in hand, the first split revealing clean white wood. The hunger sharpens each swing.

🔧 Kevin01:52

Kevin — swing the maul at the second spruce round, splitting it into quarters

💭 peek at the thought

First round splits clean. Good. Stack it, split the next, get the firewood drying before the damp settles back in. Then wheelbarrow run to the north ridge with lime and seed trays. One thing at a time.

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🔧 Kevin01:56

Kevin — wheel the barrow up the garden path toward the north ridge, steering around the shade cloth anchor lines

💭 peek at the thought

Three rounds quartered and stacked by the south pile. Sap's gumming the chainsaw teeth something fierce — need to clean and set them before the next job. Wheelbarrow's loaded with lime sack, seed trays, and the soil auger. North ridge path's clear now. Ankle's holding.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the keeper's cottage

You set the pot on the stove with the last of the corned beef and limpets, the broth rich with fat. The shortwave sits beside you, volume turned up, the barometer needle still drifting down.

🌿 Jenny01:55

Kevin? You there?

Stir the broth with the cast iron skillet, then check the diesel leak with a clean rag and marine sealant.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's dropping faster than I'd like - that diesel leak at the bracket will be a problem if the weather turns. My ankle's throbbing even with the fresh poultice, and Kevin's not answering the shortwave. I need to fix that fuel line before it becomes a fire hazard, but first I should check if those soil pockets on the north ridge can actually hold the heirloom seeds. The scarlet runners need pH 6.0-7.0, and I marked three stable pockets last week.

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🌿 Jenny01:59

Not now, sea. Not now.

Check the diesel fuel line for worsening leak, then apply marine sealant to the bracket rub point.

💭 peek at the thought

The broth went cold when I looked up from the stove and saw the shortwave antenna sagging - the ceramic insulator I installed this morning must have failed. The barometer dropped another point, and I can hear the wind picking up in the rigging. My ankle's swelling despite the poultice, and that diesel leak is weeping faster than I thought. I need to fix the antenna before the storm hits, but first I should check if those soil pockets I marked are still stable after the recent rain.

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